Polish Literature

Pierwsza czesc wspanialej trylogii Henryka Sienkiewicza. Wielka milosc rycerza bez skazy, Jana Skrzetuskiego i uroczej, niewinnej szlachcianki Heleny Kurcewiczówny. A w tle dzieje Polski w dobie powstania Chmielnickiego (1648-1654).

The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it.

1941, Poland. Though war rages around her and occupying German forces march steadily onward, 16-year-old Aleksandra has lived her life sheltered from danger. Until one day, she goes to school—never to return. Pushed roughly into a truck with other schoolgirls like her, a single ominous word tells her all she needs to know about her fate: Lebensborn.

The Polish Boxer covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his grandfather’s past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he can’t find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference.

New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst is internationally renowned as master of the European espionage thriller. Unfolding in September of 1939 as Hitler’s Wehrmacht ravages Warsaw, the Polish Officer discloses the clandestine existence of Polish Military Intelligence.

As the wife of Don Massimo Torricelli, one of the most dangerous Mafia bosses in Sicily, Laura’s life is a roller coaster. She is often at risk, the potential target of Massimo’s unscrupulous enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy the powerful man. And when Laura is seriously injured in an attack, pregnant and fighting to survive, Massimo faces the toughest decision of his life. What will his life be without Laura? Will he be able to raise their child alone? What will the fate of his family be, and whose 365 days may come to a close?

Wykwintny dramat historyczny z watkiem milosnym w tle, przedstawia skromny swiat chrzescijan w kontrze do topiacego sie w przepychu i rozpuscie Rzymu. Za sprawa milosci i wiary bohaterowie przechodza przemiany osobowosci.

A cosmic accident sets the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia, down in war-torn 17th-century Europe and a new nation is forged. Now when United States of Europe ally King Gustavas of Sweden invades Poland, the U.S. of E. is dragged into a full-scale European war against ruthless opponents. Meanwhile Mike Stearns, wily and courageous leader of the up-time West Virginians, has been turned out of office in an election. But, like Churchill (before and after him) Stearns is not done yet.

Sluchacze "Lalki" poznaja opowiesc o nieszczesliwej milosci bogatego kupca Wokulskiego do zubozalej arystokratki Izabeli Leckiej. W tle obraz spoleczenstwa polskiego konca XIX wieku.

Druga czesc "Trylogii", wydana w 1886 Roku. Akcja dzieje sie w okresie najazdu szwedzkiego na Polske (1655-1660). Zareczony z Olenka Billewiczówna chorazy orszanski Andrzej Kmicic opowiada sie poczatkowo po stronie kolaborujacego ze Szwedami poteznego rodu magnackiego Radziwillów.

The truth was, Dill had collared his first murder mystery since moving to Nevermore Bay and it was a doozy. The victim was found impaled on a flag pole nearly 30 stories high, innards spilling all out in the open like they decided to take a vacation from his body. Although the police called the strangest detective to ever wear a shell and fedora in to consult, the powers-that-be weren’t fond of having him around. Neither was the star witness in the case. Lily Pad lived across the street from where the body was found, her apartment window lining up in perfect view of the dead guy.

Winter 1939: Danusha and her family are forced to flee their home when the Nazis invade Poland. Danusha’s mother, Anna, changes her name and secures a position as a housekeeper in a German doctor’s mansion in Kraków where Gestapo meetings are hosted in the kitchen. Her secret is their salvation, but what Danusha remembers most is the solitude, with only her baby brother and the girl in the mirror for company.

Ksiazka uwazana za najwieksze dzielo pisarza. Ma stale miejsce w kanonie klasyki reportazu wojennego. Autor oddaje w niej hold, stawia pomnik zolnierzom armii generala Andersa. Narracja rozpoczyna sie od momentu, gdy Polacy zaczynaja przygotowywac kolejny szturm na wzgórze. Kazdy rozdzial to opowiesc o jednej jednostce wchodzacej w sklad II Korpusu lub relacja z fragmentu dzialan zbrojnych.

"Pan Wolodyjowski" jest zwienczeniem Trylogii. Henryk Sienkiewicz polaczyl istotne watki: losy Zagloby, Skrzetuskiego i tytulowego Michala Wolodyjowskiego. Opowiesc o milosci, przyjazni, zazdrosci, nienawisci i zdradzie przedstawionych na tle wojen z Turcja.

Matylda wie, czym jest nieodwzajemniona miłość, wie też, czym jest romans, który zdawał się miłością, wie, czym jest utrata dziecka i wiążący się z nią wszechogarniający ból. Pomimo doświadczeń, którymi obdarował ją los, potrafi wstać, otrzepać kolana i biec naprzód, ciągle wierząc, że najlepsze dopiero przed nią. To nie jest kolejna książka o bieganiu. To powieść o tym, że życie jest "królewskim dystansem", w trakcie którego wszystko może się zdarzyć. Każdy z nas jest w stanie dotrzeć do upragnionej mety, po przekroczeniu której wszystko może być tylko dobre.

In Polish: His name was Piłsudski. Bronisław Piłsudski. He was 13 months older than Józef. They competed for the same girls and got tangled up in the same plot for the Tsar's life. Paweł Goźliński wrote a novel about him in which history ignites the imagination and the imagination serves history. After this book, the Piłsudskis will always be together as two faces of Poland.

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

Kwiecień 1943 roku. Debora Singer wyskakuje z wagonu transportującego krakowskich Żydów. Podczas próby ucieczki boleśnie skręca w kostce nogę i nie jest w stanie iść. Przekonana, że nie ocali życia, siada w sosnowym zagajniku, czekając na śmierć. Słyszy odgłosy obławy. Nagle nadjeżdża wojskowy motocykl. Do przestraszonej dziewczyny zbliża się esesman. Debora jest Żydówką, czyli - jest winna. Przed nią staje hauptsturmführer Bruno Kramer. W tym miejscu ta historia mogłaby się właściwie skończyć. To jednak dopiero jej początek.

Debiutująca na salonach Isabelle wkracza nie tylko do londyńskiego tonu, ale także w dorosłość. Ten sezon ma zagwarantować jej znalezienie męża - najlepiej z pokaźnym rocznym dochodem i odpowiednim tytułem.

The bold one, they call her - too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side.